ATTENTION ALL TEAMS: Copyright Issues related to YouTube uploads

Dear LTI members,

Over the past few years, we have been able to accumulate experience in regards to video publishing and content management on YouTube, along with copyright infringements that might result from the uploading of some of the materials we have transcribed and translated.This thread is meant to inform you of those bits of wisdom and will hopefully shed some light on some of the choices we made when it comes to publishing those contents.

We've summed up the contents that might be flagged or taken down by YouTube on the following table, as well as the materials for which we haven't received clearance from its owners (yet), which we advise not to upload until the situation is clarified. Please note that those that are only 'monetized' (may display ads) are not listed here, as such claims pose no threat to our YT channels.

William Gazecki has graciously passed the full ownership for "Future by Design" to TVP. A previously-existing copyright claim by SME had the video blocked in 21 countries. That claim was removed, but is now back again, and there is also a new claim from BuzzMyVideosMusic that blocks it all over the world. We are disputing these claims and will report back here on the results.
Once resolved, Roxanne has requested that we link all LTI uploads of this core documentary back to the TVP store, so that TVP/RBE supporters will have the opportunity to get the full set with lots of extra content added (including the full Larry King interview), if desired.TVP has since uploaded a better quality version with slightly longer length, causing our subs to be out of sync. Please see the first post in the main project thread for the important details, as each team will need to adjust their existing subs to the new transcription.

YouTube will flag some of them, but no action is required from the uploader. Please note that those videos will be flagged for third party content for multiple holders and they might be blocked in several counties.

Video contains a short MLK clip that causes the video to be fully muted. LTI's copyright dispute, which explained that only a very small clip was used at the very end of a contextually related lecture, and that MLK received full on-screen credit throughout that clip, proved successful in removing the claim.

Permission obtained from the creator, Scott Noble, but due to two song snippets (copyrights held by SME and The Orchard Music), this is blocked in 5 countries: American Samoa, Germany, Puerto Rico, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands. We are disputing the claims, so stand by.

Due to a claim by RTP (for CNN), this video is blocked globally. The section in question is the small CNN interview snippet with Vinod. To dispute the copyright, both TVP & LTI put in a claim for "fair use", as it is only a very small snippet of the full interview, it is being used for educational purposes, and it is likely to entice new people to go to their site to seek access to the full interview. Our counter-claim was not contested by any of the parties involved for CNN.

It is a TV broadcast whose rights are held by R.T.I. The content won't be flagged by YouTube, but R.T.I will ask YouTube to take it down, and uploaders will lose their unlimited upload rights. For this reason, we have fully removed this video from LTI's projects and advise all others to do the same.

NOTE: as you might have noticed from this table, some videos might be blocked or otherwise limited for silly reasons, like a song which is bound by copyrights. We have to study the possibility of removing (muting, cropping out) those sections to get rid of those "third-party content" warnings. If you're interested in investigating it further, please get in touch with Ray through LTI's TechTeam Group section of the forum.

To report any additional issues or consult its solutions in detail, click on the project's name in the first column of the table or go to the sub-forum "Media Copyright Issues&Soluions".

This post has been edited 30 times, last edit by "Ray" (Aug 6th 2017, 7:42am) with the following reason: Brought info for the 'new' Future by Design video up-to-date.

Once again, the first post of this thread now reflects a VERY positive change in the copyright claims on the new "Future by Design (2006)" video in YouTube.

This particular video is somewhat different from the one that we've been 'working' for years, so there are a small number of important and necessary adjustments to be made by all teams that have the video partially or completely translated. I am still working on adjusting the English, but will post back here when the prep work is completed, so the rest of you can dive in and quickly bring your subs up-to-date. Please read the first post of the project's forum thread for the rest of the relevant info.